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The Man Who Did Not Bother With Trifles

The Man Who Did Not Bother With Trifles

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 1, 1956

Runtime

0h 53m

Genres

Romance, Comedy, Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

不拘小节的人

Production Companies

Changchun Film Studio

Director

Lü Ban

Description

Lu Ban's second short titled The Man Who Doesn’t Bother about Trifles (不拘小节的人 bùjū xiǎojié de rén). He carefully toned down the political satire here, switching his target to intellectuals instead of bureaucrats. The main character, Li Shaobai, is a rude literary critic who goes to a conference to lecture about satirical literature. Li is absolutely full of himself, and constantly misunderstands other people. Like Before the New Director Arrives, The Man Who Doesn’t Bother about Trifles was greeted with plenty of positive responses. Still, while Lu tried to be more careful with this second short, this didn’t stop some critics from taking issue with its ridiculous main character and humor.